David,
This Tulane project was inspired by your participation in the program at Moffitt. At my last appointment with ENT Feb. 28 I spoke with the Dr. about OCF and your "project." I offered to do something simular here, speak with patient and caregivers, work on raising awareness of OC,etc. He was very enthusiastic and told me that his primary reason for returning after Katrina was the great need for medical care here. He asked his nurse to setup a meeting with herself, me and the person who is the patient counselor at the Tulane Cancer Center.

The project is now going forward with geat interest from several of the medical staff and personnel from Tulane. We also want to involve other members of the area medical and dental community.

The support group is only one of the projects we are working on. Also on the agenda are quarterly physician education dinners, a screening event prossibly next spring during Oral Cancer Awareness month, and an annual Head and Neck Cancer survivors celebration.
It is my expectation that OCF will have an active part in of all these projects. (Perhaps you could come here to give your presentation as you incorporated advice from patients and caregivers from so many different types of Oral Cancer experiences.)

Malka